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_..,.... a 9%0JJC auu ali_ <br />J . S . can't <br />afford mobile -home <br />snobbery <br />Why, then, despite these bene- <br />ernments from :[sing their zoning- <br />might want to move to smaller <br />3y ALLAN WALLIS <br />fits and evidence of growing mar- <br />powers o an rnobife (homes. <br />wellings g_mar <br />helps tl[e housin- <br />ket acceptance, are there still <br />But localities continue to eir- <br />. <br />tact -- <br />Allan Wallis is author of "Wheel <br />barriers that preven con rs <br />cumvent these L)rts. <br />` `onssider that when people are <br />"state. The Rise and Decline of <br />tfu6ile Nomes." <br />"trurtt�Trcety c nosing mubi <br />.Lf <br />— Financing also stands in the <br />unable to move from apartments <br />DENVER — What does the <br />--- Curtgiar the fact that if you buy <br />way. <br />Because mobile homes are built <br />to their own homes because the <br />down payment is too high, they <br />Inited States have against mobile <br />a mobile home and land to put it <br />away from sites, loans for (heir <br />remain renters, swelling renters' <br />homes? <br />on, your local governme a <br />purchase are often at consumer <br />ranks and driving up rental costs. <br />Mobile homes — now called <br />maiiu of eluted housing" <br />not �a _o"Ilw_�roi�inun" he two. <br />Legal for <br />rather M re.7"es- to ei —rates — <br />-ro <br />Similarly, when the elderly see <br />— make <br />justifications restric- <br />ma [n [em 3 ercenta e <br />F- - -- <br />the, cost of new, smaller quarters, <br />abouC quarter of all the new <br />i- .- q._ <br />tions range from safety to aesthetB <br />g <br />poin s- a 1t�r. <br />such as apartments they opt to <br />ui le fvnily housing pros minx <br />- <br />is and econom[c concerns. ut a <br />n 1983, the Federal housing <br />remain in their houses — now too <br />11, - initeJ_ 5t ee during the past <br />ase they are roote in class <br />Authority was the first govern- <br />large for their needs — thereby <br />5 yarrs. <br />These mass-produced dwellings <br />discrimination. <br />• 7TTo i�Me homes evoke images of <br />ment agency to offer unified mort- <br />gages for combined site and mo- <br />limiting housing opportunities for <br />that roll fronn factory to site on <br />overgrown front yards, herds of <br />bile home purchases. <br />younger households. <br />What can" be done to make <br />their own wheels cost 5q percent <br />unkempt children, snarling mutts <br />Though additional agencies now <br />mobile home ownership easier? <br />less per ire foot of spaced <br />and rusted car frames. <br />offer such financing, it is still <br />State governments should apply <br />hSiild _than seaular stationary <br />It doesn't matter that this hous- <br />relatively uncommon. <br />greater pressure to remove local <br />homes. ing may be the only way firefi ht- Less than 11, ner�Ent�f_lhe <br />Unlike site -built housing, they ers,.�ice officers an sc ': , mo ► e homes uichas <br />ff hh F��_�1n 1989 <br />-d <br />re a ory arriers. <br />`T aadi ontI ; 'private and public <br />are e�istructed according to a " <br />eac ers cam to liven the <br />were financed as real estate by <br />lenders along with manufacturers <br />man Qtory _e era sa_ sr an <br />communities where they work. <br />a cover" M= - <br />need to work together to develop <br />cori,�truction code. <br />Americans <br />a eras and state agencies have <br />Without comparable financing, <br />new types of mortgages and leas - <br />face a crisis of af- <br />been trying to remove regulatory <br />mobile homes lose some of their <br />es that reduce he coaUlf mobile <br />fordable hQusm . <br />A ­re(�ent Census Bureau report <br />barriers that discriminate against <br />mobile homes. <br />cost advantage. <br />- <br />home financing. <br />estimates that only 9 percent of <br />' <br />This month Secretary of Hous- <br />Why should Americans care? <br />There are few more cost- <br />Earffe—riiF this century, we <br />dreamed of producing entire hous- <br />renters ou v or a ome more <br />ing Jack Kem released a report <br />effective housing alternatives, <br />es in factories, hoping to realize <br />gag,. <br />Moreover, rising ren cost <br />[--Nine <br />Toccal <br />M <br />and increasing housing choices <br />benefits everyone in the housing <br />the same economy of scale that <br />rr> e it r v harder for house <br />ttraT pro i i e use o manic f�- <br />market. i •�- •�•,autoMdbile <br />Henry Ford achieved with the <br />agserpoly•liiie`" <br />holds to save for the down pay- <br />ment gJ a home. <br />tured housing. <br />een state legislatures have <br />Creating o rtunities for home <br />owners ip at t e lower end o he <br />The true progeny of that dream <br />Mobile fiorries can bridge the <br />established anti - discrimination <br />ous g mare 1 q: rovidin an <br />exists, and, like it or not, it is the <br />mobile home. <br />ho[}si g gap. <br />s a ar s a pro i i oca gov- <br />aller`na ti eloc senior citizens µTo <br />. ew York Timm <br />Cn <br />36, ti y l <br />